Joyner v. City of Seattle

This is an appeal from a judgment against appellant in a tort action for damages, alleged to have been received by the respondent wife from negligence in the operation of one of appellant’s street cars.

The defense interposed by the appellant, and chiefly relied upon at the trial, was based upon the allegations of its affirmative answer:

“I.

“That subsequent to the filing of plaintiffs’ claim for damages, and while there existed between the parties hereto a bona fide dispute over the validity of said claim and the amount of damage sustained by plaintiffs, the plaintiffs and the defendant entered…